Ten Year Secret

The Truth

Summer POV

My head ached; my whole body did. I twitched and moaned, I heard people saying things to me but my head hurt too much to understand.

“Summer? Can you hear me?” asked a boy.

My eyes opened but everything was fuzzy. I blinked and everything came clear. Chase was sitting in front of me and we were in the woods. I looked around and I saw Jay, Heath, Shane and Duke standing a few metres away from us.

“What happened?” I asked dazed.

“I will explain everything, I promise,” said Chase.

Then everything became clear when I tried to move my hands. I looked down and my hands and feet were tied together.

Great! I’ve been kidnapped by my best mates! My head screamed at me.

I stared down at my hands and feet; the rope was amazingly tight around my hands. I tried to yank my hands free but Chase’s hand caught mine. He held my hands and I looked up. The boys had crowded around me.

“Why are you doing this to me?” I demanded.

“We need you to understand,” said Chase.

“Understand that you would get into a stupid fight for no reason?!” I yelled.

Chase put his hand over my mouth.

“Summer, there is something about us that we have NEVER told anyone about, not even you,” said Heath.

“Summer…we’re Vampires,” said Chase.

I stared at him in shock and then it really settled in. I screamed and I heard them telling me to be quiet. I tried to get away from them but they held me there. I stopped screaming and started crying. Chase moved his hand away from my mouth and placed his two hands on either side of my face. He made me look up and he leaned closer.

“I’m so sorry Summer,” he said.

“For ten years you lied to me,” I sobbed.

“You have no idea how sorry we are,” Chase said.

“Please let me go,” I pleaded.

“Summer, the fight was for your protection. We didn’t want you to get hurt,” explained Shane.

I leaned back against the tree. Chase let go of my face and I gasped as the rope dug into my hands.

“Are you joking?” I asked.

Chase shook his head and knelt over me; he touched my chin and I looked at him, well not him…his mouth. He had fangs! Real fangs!